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    Overview

    Critical exploration of contemporary Pacific social issues, considering and developing relevant social service responses to identified Pacific social issues.

    About this paper

    Paper title Pasifika and Social Services
    Subject Social Work
    EFTS 0.1667
    Points 20 points
    Teaching period Not offered in 2024 (Distance learning)
    Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $1,482.46
    International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
    Restriction
    SOWK 508
    Limited to
    BSW, MSCW (Applied)
    Notes
    May not be credited with SOWK411 or SOWK521 completed in 2016 or 2017.
    Contact

    socialwork@otago.ac.nz

    Teaching staff
    To be advised.
    Textbooks

    To be advised.

    Graduate Attributes Emphasised
    Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Information literacy, Self-motivation.
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    Learning Outcomes

    Students completing SOWK 408 will be able to:

    1. Demonstrate the ability to reflect on their initial understanding of Pacific peoples and their world views
    2. Identify where Pacific peoples’ issues are located within the ecological model
    3. Develop an awareness for ethnic-sensitive practice with Pacific peoples
    4. Be able to competently evaluate issues and develop an appropriate framework for practice in relation to a Pasifika social issue

    Timetable

    Not offered in 2024

    Location
    Dunedin
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught through Distance Learning
    Learning management system
    Blackboard
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